The grisly story derives from Oscar Wilde’s one-act play, which Strauss saw in 1902: Salome, the stepdaughter of Herod, forms ...

A Salome without the head of John the Baptist is nothing new: several directors have perversely decided they could do without ...

Recto, below: Salome dances in the foreground of a large hall with a long banquet table pictured behind her. Diners recline on couches surrounding the table, with King Herod at the head of the table ...

A site known as the 'Cave of Salome' in the Judean Foothills might have been the burial site of King Herod’s sister, rather than that of a disciple of Jesus, according to a new paper published ...

Everybody has their favourite Salome, but Asmik ... stabbed himself to death until Herod entered to complain of the slippery ...

This autumn, Oscar Wilde’s Salomé returns to the West End in a hypnotic new staging by Gesher Theatre and acclaimed director Maxim Didenko. Playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket from 30 September ...

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Furthermore, they use historical evidence to show how the sister of Herod the Great, called Salome, was closely connected to the local region of Idumea, where the cave is found.